#MEwx Clouds, some fog and Pine Nut Green Beans

Good morning Augusta.

We're under a Dense Fog Advisory until 10 this morning – the complete advisory statement is in the post before this one.

This morning we have areas of dense fog and mostly cloudy skies. Highs in the lower 80s, winds are light and variable.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies during evening hours, becoming cloudy. Patchy fog. Humid with lows in the mid 60s with light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

We received 0.94 of an inch of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Our outdoor temperature is 69.6°F, the humidity is  98% and the dew point is 69.1°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.05, the Absolute pressure is 29.05 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds and possible rain.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station in my North field click Here. That will take you directly to my WIFI weather station.

Visibility is almost nonexistent  owing to the thick fog.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, The moon is  29.2% illuminated, the moon phase is waxing crescent, Sunrise is 5:09 am↑ 58° Northeast, sunset is 8:20 pm↑ 302° Northwest, Moonrise is 10:56 am↑ 84° East, Moonset is 11:41 pm 272° West and we'll have 15 hours 11 minutes of daylight today.

Here's another  healthy recipe.

This one is a bit out of the ordinary, but is pretty darn good.

PINE NUT GREEN BEANS

 

1 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed and washed

½ cup Italian plum tomatoes, drained and crushed

2 tbsp toasted pine nuts

Dash pepper

 

Place green beans and tomatoes in an 8-inch baking dish or casserole and stir to mix.  Cover with lid or wax paper.  Microwave on HIGH for 7 to 9 minutes or until tender, stirring twice.  Drain off any excess liquid,


toss with pine nuts, and season with pepper.

 

Exchanges:  1 vegetable; ½ fat  Calories:  53   -   0 mg Chol   -   7 gm Carbo   -   3 gm Protein   -   51 mg Sodium   -  2.3 gm Dietary Fiber   -   Fat gm 3  -  Sat. .4   -   Poly 1.2   -   Mono 1.0

 

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